| Deposit ID | 10082127 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W044754 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Stella Mines |
| Related records | 10200253 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -75.24376, 44.47942 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 134 |
| Relative position | 1.04 MILES N 07 W OF BM 496 EAST OF HERMON NEW YORK |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
St. Lawrence(county)
New York(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Hermon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Gouverneur(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Ogdensburg(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Great Lakes(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | New York | St. Lawrence |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Sulfur-Pyrite | Primary |
| Iron, Pig Iron | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Chlorite | Gangue |
| Graphite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Result | 40.0% S (PRUCHA, 1957) |
|---|
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Gabbro | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Associated |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss |
| (1) | -75.24376, 44.47942 |
|---|
| General form | SHEETS AND LENSES |
|---|---|
| Strike | N 25-45 E |
| Dip | 38-27 NW |
| Thickness | 9.14M |
| Length | 701.04M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Year of first production | 1883 |
| Year of last production | 1921 |
| District name | Gouverneur |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | St. Lawrence Pyrite Co. |
| First year | 1921 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | General Chemical Division, Allied Chemical And Dye Corp. |
| First year | 1951 |
| Type of workings | Surface/Underground |
|---|---|
| Area | 0.736HA |
| Length | 350.52M |
| Overall length | 640.08M |
| Overall width | 12.19M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W044754 |
BUDDINGTON, A.F., 1917, REPORT ON THE PYRITE AND PYRRHOTITE VEINS IN JEFFERSON AND ST LAWRENCE COUNTIES, NEW YORK; NEW YORK STATE DEFENSE COUNCIL BULLETIN NO. 1, PP 21-23
PRUCHA, J.J., 1957, PYRITE DEPOSITS OF ST LAWRENCE AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES, NEW YORK; NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM BULLETIN 357, PP 65-75, PLATE 16
SMYTH, C.H., JR., 1912, ON THE GENESIS OF THE PYRITE DEPOSITS OF ST LAWRENCE COUNTY; NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM BULLETIN 357, PP 153-159, FIG 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25
LUEDKE, E.M., WRUCKE, C.T., AND GRAHAM, J.A., 1959, MINERAL OCCURRENCES OF NEW YORK STATE WITH SELECTED REFERENCES TO EACH LOCALITY: UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1072-F, P 425
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | THERE WERE FIVE KNOWN PARALLEL VEINS, BUT ONLY TWO HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-SEP-1985 | Nyahay, Richard E. (Kelly, William M.) | New York State Geological Survey |
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